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Increase in Hazard Mitigation Funds

Recovery Diva

From the CRS: Recent Funding Increases for FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance. billion in Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funding will be made available to states, territories, and tribes (STTs) with major disaster declarations for the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, further funding for BRIC and the Flood Mitigation Assistance Grant Program (FMA) may be available through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA

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Job: Director of Hazard Mitigation

Disaster Zone

The mitigation experience profile is rising

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Mitigation Policy After CA Wildfires

Recovery Diva

New Report from the Hazards Center in CO: From the Ashes: Mitigation Policy After Wildfire in California

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Who’s the Boss? Successful Risk Mitigation Requires Centralized Leadership

MHA Consulting

Many companies spend millions of dollars implementing risk mitigation controls but are kept from getting their money’s worth by a disconnected, piecemeal approach. Successful risk mitigation requires that a central authority supervise controls following a coherent strategy.

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The Most Important Part of Every Risk Mitigation Plan

MHA Consulting

The most important part of your organization’s risk mitigation plan can be stated in one word: follow-through. The best mitigation plan in the world will do you no good unless … The post The Most Important Part of Every Risk Mitigation Plan appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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CRS Report on Hazard Mitigation

Recovery Diva

/From the Congressional Research Service this updated 32 page report: FEMA Hazard Mitigation: A First Step Toward Climate Adaptation

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Job: Emergency Management Specialist (Mitigation), Washington State

Disaster Zone

Mitigation is the name of the game

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CRS Report on Hazard Mitigation

Recovery Diva

From the Congressional Research Service, this 32 page report: FEMA Hazard Mitigation: A First Step Toward Climate Adaptation

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For Puerto Rico, Disaster Mitigation Came Too Late

Disaster Zone

We have to turn the mitigation wheel faster

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New CRS Report on FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance

Recovery Diva

Just out, this 5 page report from the Congressional Research Service: Recent Funding Increases for FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance

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Checking It Twice: The Corporate Risk Mitigation Checklist

MHA Consulting

Today, we provide a tool to help in … The post Checking It Twice: The Corporate Risk Mitigation Checklist appeared first on MHA Consulting. In recent posts, we’ve been talking about how important it is for organizations to reassess their risks as the economy opens up.

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CRS Report on Mitigation and Climate Adaptation

Recovery Diva

New CRS Report (31pp): FEMA Hazard Mitigation: A First Step Towards Climate Adaptation

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Without a Recent Earthquake--Efforts at Mitigation Fade

Disaster Zone

We collectively have short memories

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Mitigating Heat Takes Planning and Action

Disaster Zone

It starts with the "as built" environment

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Help mitigate your organization’s cybersecurity risks

Citrix

Cybersecurity risk management requires a multi-faceted approach, … The post Help mitigate your organization’s cybersecurity risks first appeared on Citrix Blogs. App Delivery & Security Security & Compliance Citrix Ready Marketplace DDoS Mitigation SaaS Security Zero Trust

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Help mitigate your organization’s cybersecurity risks

Citrix

Cybersecurity risk management requires a multi-faceted approach, … The post Help mitigate your organization’s cybersecurity risks first appeared on Citrix Blogs. App Delivery & Security Security & Compliance Citrix Ready Marketplace DDoS Mitigation SaaS Security Zero Trust

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9 Risk Mitigation Strategies for 2023 [+ Examples]

Alert Media

The post 9 Risk Mitigation Strategies for 2023 [+ Examples] appeared first on AlertMedia. Emergency Management Emergency Preparedness risk management

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Software Supply Chain Risk Is Growing, but Mitigation Solutions Exist

The Rand Blog

While we still have much to learn as a community about this risk, there are concrete steps we can take to better understand and mitigate it Software supply chain security has emerged as a leading risk because of the massively fragmented and decentralized nature of modern software development.

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A Guide to Risk Mitigation Strategies & Planning

Unitrends

The post A Guide to Risk Mitigation Strategies & Planning appeared first on Unitrends. The average total cost of a data breach now exceeds $4 million — the highest average cost in nearly two decades. This is in part due to the growing quality and quantity of cyberthreats.

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Hazardous Conditions: Mitigation Planning and Pandemics

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

state develops a hazard mitigation plan, which identifies top local risks and provides a framework for long term strategies to reduce risk and protect citizens and property from damage. Some states identified that more research and planning is needed to mitigate a pandemic.

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How Situational Intelligence Mitigates Risk

Alert Media

The post How Situational Intelligence Mitigates Risk appeared first on AlertMedia. Safety and Security Security and Safety

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Add Citrix DDoS mitigation service to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops to protect your business

Citrix

Citrix Gateway ensures secure access to apps, enabling SSO, authenticating users, and protecting your network … The post Add Citrix DDoS mitigation service to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops to protect your business first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Microsoft Exchange Emergency Mitigation (EM) Service

LAN Infotech

Microsoft Exchange Emergency Mitigation (EM) Service. Following a series of attacks that leveraged zero-day exploits against on-premises versions of Microsoft Exchange servers, Microsoft has released a new tool to provide emergency mitigation.

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Mitigating risk from Cambium Networks cnMaestro SQL injection vulnerability

Citrix

The affected products are: All versions prior to … The post Mitigating risk from Cambium Networks cnMaestro SQL injection vulnerability first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Blinkered by Covid-19: How to mitigate risks for business travel  

Crisis Response Journal

Scott Sunderman reminds us that there is a shared responsibility when it comes to mitigating risk and that managing travel risk should be holistic, appropriate and offer clear guidance for travellers

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Mitigating the Impact of Severe Weather

everbridge

By assessing severe weather risk, organizations and governments can better mitigate the impact a severe weather event has, creating a more robust approach to layered severe weather emergencies. What steps can governments take to mitigate climate risk and severe weather events?

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Add Citrix DDoS mitigation service to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops to protect your business

Citrix

Citrix Gateway ensures secure access to apps, enabling SSO, authenticating users, and protecting your network … The post Add Citrix DDoS mitigation service to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops to protect your business first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Strengthening the Chain: Four Steps to a More Secure Corporate Supply Chain

BCM METRICS

Business Continuity Business Continuity Risk Risk Mitigation risk mitigation supply chain supply chain management supply chain risk supply chain risk mitigation

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2022 Review: Natural Disasters Caused a $313 Billion Global Economic Loss

DRI Drive

News Aon Catastrophe Report risk mitigationIn a look back on the previous year to determine how costly 2023 could get, a new report highlights one of the most costly years on record.

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Emergency Armor: How to Conduct Shelter-in-Place Drills to Mitigate Dangerous Scenarios

Alert Media

The post Emergency Armor: How to Conduct Shelter-in-Place Drills to Mitigate Dangerous Scenarios appeared first on AlertMedia. Safety and Security Active Shooter Safety Hurricane Safety Workplace Violence

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Proper Use of Ladders on Jobsites Can Help Workers to Mitigate Personal Risk

National Fire Protection Association

With so many things that can be out of our control on jobsites, such as someone making a decision that puts another person in harm’s way, we would be foolish to not mitigate risk by controlling the things that we can control. Jobsites are a hazardous place on their own accord.

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How Citrix Web App Firewall can help mitigate risk of authentication bypass vulnerability

Citrix

Citrix has crafted new signatures and has updated its Citrix Web App Firewall signature file to help customers mitigate the recent authentication bypass vulnerability in multiple versions of Atlassian Confluence app (versions prior to 2.7.38

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The Main Types of Workplace Violence and 6 Steps to Mitigate Risks

Alert Media

The post The Main Types of Workplace Violence and 6 Steps to Mitigate Risks appeared first on AlertMedia. Emergency Management Safety and Security Active Shooter Safety Security and Safety

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Risk Mitigation: Stopping an Emergency Before It Starts

Alert Media

The post Risk Mitigation: Stopping an Emergency Before It Starts appeared first on AlertMedia. Emergency Management Emergency Preparedness

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Increasing the Pace and Scale of Community Wildfire Mitigation

National Fire Protection Association

Convening these experts was a key step in developing an overarching strategy to spread mitigation throughout the millions of homes and thousands of communities in wildfire-prone areas of the U.S.

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7 Tips to Mitigate the Risks of Summer Staff Parties

Risk Management Monitor

With millions of employees continuing to work remotely part- or full-time, 2022 summer office outings may represent one of the first “all hands” get-togethers for many employers since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Indeed, 37% of respondents to spot surveys conducted by Seyfarth at Work reported that there had not been a need, opportunity and/or COVID-safe venue for everyone to be in the same space at the same time since 2019.

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The Ultimate Guide to Residual Risk  

MHA Consulting

Residual risk is the amount of risk that remains in an activity after mitigation controls are applied. Putting it in mathematical terms: (Inherent risk) – (the risk eliminated by your mitigation controls) = residual risk.

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Risk Assessment, Mitigation, and Recovery The Keys to Business Continuity

Business Continuity Today

When you start your business continuity program for your organization the key elements to a successful outcome are, assessing your risks, mitigating them, and planning for the recovery.

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Mitigating Bias by Becoming an Ally

BMC

2020 and the first half of 2021 have shown us incredible feats of humanity that have helped balance cultural inequality and inequity, and forced us to reassess how we treat each other.

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NIST CRIED: The Four Steps of Incident Mitigation

Behavior Group

cyber security education, cybersecurity response, incident mitigation, NIST cyber security framework, risk mitigation Mike Tyson notably said, “Everyone has a plan ‘till they get punched in the mouth.”